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Simple Name Train Name Activity for Kindergarten
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Name trains are one of my most favorite name practice activities to help students learn the letters of their name! Students are able to sequence, compare, and determine the number of letters, consonants, and vowels in their name with this simple name train name activity. The name trains provide such a powerful, concrete visual representation of our names. Plus, these interactive name activities are no prep, making them perfect for your back to school activities!

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Name Train Name Activity Prep
In order to complete this name activity, students will need to prep their name trains. All you need is a tub of colored linking cubes and dry erase markers.
First, students will need to count out enough linking cubes to match the number of letters in their name.

Next, students snap the cubes together and then use a dry erase marker to write one letter of their name on each cube.
That’s it! This name activity is that easy to prep!
Name Train Activities
Name Activity #1 – Sequencing
Once the name trains are built, it is time to dive into the name train activities.
For the first name activity, students can practice sequencing the letters in their name. They can easily snap the linking cubes together in the correct order to spell their name.

Name Activity #2 – Comparing
Then, they can compare the length of their name to the lengths of their classmates’ names. For this name activity, I have the students walk around the classroom, finding friends who have a longer name, shorter name, and even a name with an equal number of letters.
Next, the students can record the number of letters in their own name compared to the number of letters in their friends names on their recording sheet.

They can note whether their name was shorter or longer than their friend’s name, highlighting how many more or how many fewer.
Plus, the students can check to see if they have any matching letters with a friend.
Name Activity #3 – Counting
For the final name activity, the students can break their name trains apart to count the number of letters, consonants, and vowels.

The name trains also make it easy for the students to break their name into syllables, as well as count and compare the number of parts to a friend.

Name Activities with Chrysanthemum
Completing these name activities with our classmates is always fun, but we also enjoy comparing our name to Chrysanthemum’s very long name!
As an alternative name activity, read the book Chrysanthemum and then complete the Chrysanthemum name activities.
Not only can the students compare the length of their name to Chrysanthemum, they can also use a Venn diagram to sort the letters in both names.
Read more about the Chrysanthemum name activities, including my favorite name craft and name graph, here!
Name Trains and Name Activities
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More Name Activities
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Ashley Sharp
As a dedicated Kindergarten teacher for nearly 20 years, I believe the words “fun, play, and creativity” can sit right alongside the words “developmentally appropriate, engaging, and rigorous.” Learning is meant to be fun and messy!
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